Computer News

• Dartmouth professor is cleared of sexually harassing graduate student who went on hunger strike
  
  Alberto Quattrini Li, left, a computer science professor at Dartmouth College, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a sexual harassment case against him.
  Daily Mail.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• U.S. men hit historic low in world tennis rankings
  
  There are no American men in the ATP's top 30 for the first time in the 48 years of computerized tennis rankings. Taylor Fritz at No. 31 is the highest-ranked U.S. men's player.
  ESPN.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Berkeley educated Ugandan student teaches girls to write computer code
  
  Gloria Tumushabe started a virtual school to teach girls how to write computer code. Many of the girls she has taught will be applying to U.S. schools. Anna Werner reports.
  CBS News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Berkeley student from Uganda helps bring her education home
  
  Gloria Tumushabe began teaching weekly computer science classes to girls back home who might not have otherwise had the opportunity to learn the subject.
  CBS News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Florida principal is cleared of wrongdoing after SPANKING a six-year-old girl with a paddle
  
  Footage surfaced of the six-year-old girl being spanked by Melissa Carter at Central Elementary in Clewiston on April 13 over $50 of computer damage.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Tech tip: Speed up your Windows or Mac's startup the easy way
  
  Remember back when you bought your computer? It was blazing fast, started up as soon as you hit the power button, and everything was clean and tidy.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.
• Post Office contacts hundreds more postmasters who may have been wrongfully prosecuted
  
  Efforts are being made by the Post Office to trace hundreds of people who may have been wrongfully convicted as a result of a computer scandal that caused Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice.
  Sky News.  Saturday, 8 May 2021.
• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock price is too high for Nasdaq to handle
  
  Berkshire Hathaway's stock hit a price this week too high for Nasdaq's current computer system to manage.
  ABC News.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• Is Verizon Communications (VZ) Stock Outpacing Its Computer and Technology Peers This Year?
  
  Is (VZ) Outperforming Other Computer and Technology Stocks This Year?
  Zacks.  Friday, 7 May 2021.
• Warren Buffett 'broke' Nasdaq: system is unable to record high Berkshire Hathaway share price
  
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway shares have Nasdaq's computers in check, as their price reached and exceeded the limit figure that its algorithm can record.
  Entrepreneur.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Is Zoom Video Communications (ZM) Outperforming Other Computer and Technology Stocks This Year?
  
  Is (ZM) Outperforming Other Computer and Technology Stocks This Year?
  Zacks.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Josh Duggar Had More Than 200 Images Of Child Pornography On His Computer, Feds Say
  
  Duggar was released on bail
  Daily Caller.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Cyber attack on Illinois Attorney General's office appears far worse than first thought
  
  A ransomware gang penetrated the Attorney General's computers and took control of countless confidential files, containing case information and personal data, essentially locking down the system office and statewide.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• Neuralink co-founder leaves Elon Musk's company
  
  Max Hodak left the company that seeks to create interfaces between the human brain and computers.
  Entrepreneur.  Monday, 3 May 2021.
• 'I was terrible at crosswords so I built an AI to do them'
  
  Dr Fill , a computer program, has just won one of the most prestigious crossword competitions in the US.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 2 May 2021.

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